Jump To It - Aretha Franklin

After 10 years at Columbia,
Aretha Franklin signed with Atlantic Records in 1967 and unleashed a stunning
array of hit singles during the mid sixties to the mid seventies including
Respect, Chain Of Fools, Spanish Harlem and Until You Come Back To Me (That’s
What I’m Going To Do).

Aretha signed with Arista
in 1980 where Clive Davis restored her hit making status with United Together
and Love All The Hurt Away reaching the top 10 of the Hot Soul Singles
chart. Aretha’s third Arista album
paired her with producer Luther Vandross. JUMP TO IT became her most successful
album in a decade spending an incredible seven weeks at the #1 spot in the
R&B album chart and reaching #23 on the Pop chart. It also spun off the #1
R&B hit title track single which also made #28 Pop, Aretha’s first top 40 showing
since 1976.

LOVE ME RIGHT, the follow
up single, became another successful R&B radio hit and the album was seen
as a bold new direction and return to form for the Queen Of Soul.

1. JUMP TO IT
2. LOVE ME RIGHT
3. IF SHE DON’T WANT YOUR LOVIN’
4. THIS IS FOR REAL
5. (IT’S JUST) YOUR LOVE
6. I WANNA MAKE IT UP TO YOU
7. IT’S YOUR THING
8. JUST MY DAYDREAM
BONUS TRACKS
9. JUMP TO IT (Single Version)
10.
LOVE ME RIGHT (Single Version)
11.
THIS IS FOR REAL (Single Version)
12.
JUST MY DAYDREAM (12” Version)
13.
LOVE ME RIGHT (Dance Version)

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Get It Right

After 10 years at Columbia
Aretha Franklin signed with Atlantic in 1967 and unleashed a stunning array of
hit singles during the mid 60’2 to the mid 70’s including Respect, Chain Of
Fools, Spanish Harlem and Until You Come Back To Me (That’s What I’m Going To Do).

Aretha signed with Arista
in 1980 where Clive Davis restored her hit making status with United Together
and Love All The Hurt Away reaching the top 10 of the Hot Soul Singles chart as
well as her #1 R&B hit Jump To It from the album of the same name.

GET IT RIGHT was Aretha’s
fourth Arista album and her second to be produced by Luther Vandross it reached
the #4 spot in the R&B album chart as well as the #36 spot on the Pop
chart. The hit title track gave Aretha
yet another R&B #1 hit.

EVERY GIRL (WANTS MY GUY),
the follow up single, becoming a further R&B top ten hit peaking at #7.

After six
years at Columbia, Aretha Franklin signed with Atlantic Records in 1967 and
unleashed a stunning array of hit singles during the mid-sixties to the mid-seventies
including ‘Respect’, ‘Chain Of Fools’, ‘Spanish Harlem’ and ‘Until You Come
Back To Me (That’s What I’m Going To Do).’

LOVE ALL THE
HURT AWAY was Aretha’s sophomore release for Arista Records in 1981. It spent
26 weeks in the R&B chart peaking at #4, it also made #36 in the Pop chart
with sales of around a quarter of a million.

LOVE ALL THE
HURT AWAY reached the #6 position and #46 in the Pop charts. This is a duet
with George Benson

HOLD ON I’M
COMIN’, a Sam & Dave cover, gained Aretha her 11th Grammy Award (for
Best R&B Vocal Performance - her first Grammy since 1974). This was the
second UK single and received a lot of play in discos.

IT’S MY TURN
is a cover of Diana Ross which gained Aretha the #29 position in the R&B
chart.

Released in deluxe Super Jewel cases, with three bonus tracks, LOVE ALL
THE HURT AWAY is a must for all Soul and Funk fans out there!

FIRST CHOICE, a female vocal trio hailing from Philadelphia, spent much
of the 1970s signed to Philly Groove Records under the management of legendary
Salsoul guitarist, songwriter and producer, Norman Harris. They released a
string of hits throughout the mid to late 70s, the most prominent of which has
to be their 1977 hit, Let No Man Put Asunder from the album Delusions which has
almost 50 samples to its name, not including the countless samples of the 1983
Frankie Knuckles and Shep Pettibone remixes.

Following the huge success of Delusions, First Choice released their
second offering on Gold Mind, Hold Your
Horses. While Norman Harris produced and played on the album, the majority
of production duties were left in the highly capable hands of Tom Moulton and
Thor Baldursson. Musical talent features in the shape Philly Soul and MFSB
legend Bobby Eli backed by string arrangement from the world-renowned Don
Renaldo and the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra.

Notable singles include the title track which achieved a top 100 US
R&B position while rocketing all the way to #5 on the US Dance chart as did
the following single, Double Cross
with both becoming hugely popular on dance floors around the globe, the latter
also successfully gained a #60 spot on the US R&B charts during a highly
competitive period of music. Other notable tracks include third single Love Thang also proving to be a popular
dance floor jam.

BBR is delighted to bring you this newly remastered and fully expanded
edition of First Choice - Hold Your
Horses.

Complete with extensive liner notes and added bonus content this BBR
Remaster is a must have for all Funk, Soul, Disco and R&B fans out there!

Maria del Rosario Mercedes Pilar Martinez Molina Baeza, professionally known by her stage name CHARO, is a Spanish-American actress, singer, comedienne and flamenco guitarist who was well known for her flamboyant style and her catchphrase "Cuchi-Cuchi.” Having married Latin superstar Xavier Cugat in 1966, who had taken Charo on as his protégé, this all round performer racked up a multitude of film and television appearances (alongside her musical career - she was voted Best Flamenco Guitarist twice in Guitar Player Magazine) throughout the 60's and 70's which helped to make her a household name in the U.S.A. Charo even had a spell headlining her own shows in Las Vegas.

In 1977 Charo released her first album, CUCHI-CUCHI, and could not have teamed up with a better group than The Salsoul Orchestra to realise this ambition. As the house band for Salsoul Records The Salsoul Orchestra had honed their skills over the previous few years recording many albums for established artists as well as releasing their own, mostly instrumental recordings, to high acclaim.

CUCHI-CUCHI opens with the single ‘Dance A Little Bit Closer.’ This track has all the hallmarks of a classic Salsoul groove with its solid mid-tempo percussive beat and strong interplay between the sweeping strings and horn phrases, while Charo's breathy vocal sits on top inviting everyone to get to know each other a little bit better on the dance floor. Title track ‘Cuchi-Cuchi’ is a much more up-tempo and intense affair with swelling strings and horns alongside deft guitar work and arresting drum breakdowns while Charo insists that we all want the same thing... Cuchi Cuchi. Other notable tracks are the excellent reinterpretation of The Rolling Stones ‘Let's Spend The Night Together’ which softens the tone and adds a sultry Latin strut to proceedings, and ‘You're Just The Right Size,’ a classic Salsoul groove with a great guitar hook and shimmering strings under the repeated phrase of the title.